The Los Angeles Angels announced the acquisition of right-wing veteran Alex Cobb of the Baltimore Orioles Tuesday night in a deal that could consolidate the team’s pitching depth for 2021.
The Angels will feature young utility player Jahmai Jones as part of the deal. They will only pay a third of the $ 15 million they owe Cobb in 2021, some of which is deferred, according to The Athletic.
Cobb, 33, settled down early with the Tampa Bay Rays, going from 32 to 21 with an ERA of 3.19 in 446 innings in the mid-1920s from 2014 to 2014, and then went on to win part of the next two years recovering from Tommy John’s surgery. He compiled 331⅔ tickets and a 4.23 ERA between 2017 and 2018 and was named the Orioles ’Opening Day starter to start in 2019, but was limited to just three starts that year and underwent hip surgery.
Cobb remained healthy for most of the pandemic’s reduced 2020 season, posting an ERA of 4.30 with 38 attacks and 18 walks in 52⅓ innings. He joins a rotation of Angels that is also expected to include Andrew Heaney, Jose Quintana, Dylan Bundy, Griffin Canning and Shohei Ohtani, who will return to a two-way role.
All players acquired by freshman general manager Perry Minasian (Cobb, Quintana, short camper Jose Iglesias, nearest Raisel Iglesias, catcher Kurt Suzuki and left-back Alex Claudio) will be free agents at the end of the season.